Genocide is a recurring feature of human history with a uniquely bloody twentieth century.

Evidence

But mass indiscriminate killings of one racial, ethnic, national, or religious group of people by another have been a persistent feature of human history (Diamond, 1992, chap. 16). The twentieth century is arguably unique in terms of the frequency and scope of such tragedies (Hobsbawm, 1994). — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 302

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The 20th century was the bloodiest in human history. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 146; Genocide is inherent to modernity, not an exception to it — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 407; Secular ideologies carried out most twentieth-century genocides (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• The 20th century was the bloodiest in human history. #corroborates (0.93) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 146
• Genocide is both an old practice and a hallmark of high modernity #qualifies (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 256
• Genocide is inherent to modernity, not an exception to it #expands (0.82) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 407
• Leopold’s Congo initiated the twentieth century’s genocide pattern #exemplifies (0.76) — David Theo Goldberg, The Racial State, 69
• Secular ideologies carried out most twentieth-century genocides #expands (0.74)
• Twentieth-century war and genocide killed over 270 million people #corroborates (0.74)
• Most genocide-conducive factors are normal features of every modern society #expands (0.71) — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 278